Nation Hundreds of thousands of Africans were enslaved in America. Wanda Tucker believes her relatives were the first September 10, 2019Deborah Barfield Berry and Kelley French, USA TODAYComments Off on Hundreds of thousands of Africans were enslaved in America. Wanda Tucker believes her relatives were the first Wanda Tucker knew when she arrived in Angola, the void she felt was bigger than any one ancestor. It was of an entire people missing its past.